Homónimos (homonyms), what an odd word! In linguistics, this term describes words which have the same spelling or sound but different meanings and origins. They were born with different forms but at some point in the past they converged. Pata (female duck, from Arabic batt,) and pata (an animal’s leg, [...]

Here we are, as every year, to celebrate el Día Internacional del Libro with our readers and students on Spanishviaskype. This year, the World Book Day has coincided with the end of la Semana Santa. Many people come back home from the beach, mountain or other destinations and what’s better [...]

This week we’re celebrating la Semana Santa in Spain. Many Spanish people decide to take their holidays and try their luck going to the beach (the weather in April can be a problem), to the mountain or, maybe, to a foreign country. On the other hand, many tourists come to [...]

Yesterday, 19th of March, fathers and children swapped places in Spain: sons and daughters gave presents to their fathers. In that day, St. Joseph’s Day, we celebrate el Día del padre (the Father’s Day). As you can imagine, the youngest in the house have been working at school, preparing the [...]

Carnival is finished and today is el Miércoles de ceniza (the Ash Wednesday). Many Christian religions celebrate this day as the first one of Cuaresma (Lent), the forty days until the beginning of Semana Santa (Holy Week). During these forty days, Christians should have a time of reflection and purification. [...]

Every 14th of February, couples all around the world, celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day. Parks are full of tortolitos (lovebirds), las floristerías (florists) hacen su agosto (make a killing) and miles de bombones (thousands of chocolates) will be devoured. However, not everybody knows what is celebrated today, one day before, on [...]

The party of Spanish cinema is close. Next Saturday, the 2nd of February, Sevilla will host the 33th Goya Awards ceremony. The most popular actors and actresses will wear their best clothes and show their biggest smiles, walking through the red carpet. Our students at Spanishviaskype.com know that the world [...]

Welcome to Madrid, welcome to la moda española. From tomorrow, 24th to next Tuesday, the 29th, the capital of Spain becomes the capital of world fashion because of Madrid Fashion Week 2019. Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Angel Schlesser, Custo Barcelona or Desigual will be some of the most popular Spanish firms that will be [...]

The myth says that cats have seven lives; or are they nine? Maybe six? Well, depending on the place where you were born, you might have heard a different amount. In some Spanish speaking countries, seven is the number. In Turkey and Arabic countries they claim felines have only six. [...]

The parts of the body is one of the first lessons in the A1 course at www.spanishviaskype.com. These contents pf vocabulary prepare students of Spanish for speaking about themselves. However, we don’t only teach this kind of words in basic levels, but also in C1 or C2, where we prepare [...]